A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.

Through understanding emptiness, one does not become proud of one's virtues, just as one does not become proud of building a castle in the sky.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

The trouble is, you think you have time.